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Monday MLB — Padres at Cubs, 5 p.m., WGN MLB— Blue Jays at Athletics, 7 p.m., CSNC NFL Preseason — Giants at Jets, 5 p.m., ESPN Little League — Regional final, 5 p.m., ESPN2 EPL—Manchester United v. Newcastle, Noon, ESPN2 Sports 1B Monday August 16, 2010 Colts’ miscues help 49ers rally for win INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts quarterback Peyton Man- ning made things look easy Sun- day. Sixteen plays, 10 points, take a breather. Everyone else found out how tough the NFL really can be when you’re not the four-time league MVP — even if it is only the pre- season. Running back Michael Robin- son fumbled on the 49ers first play, David Carr was sacked three times and the San Francisco receivers struggled to hold onto Alex Smith’s passes. Fortunately for San Francisco, Manning’s backup, Curtis Painter, played even worse. The 49ers took advantage of Painter’s three inter- 49ers 37 Colts 17 ceptions and a botched handoff late in the first half, scoring 34 straight points to rally for a 37-17 victory at Indy. ‘‘I think he didn’t play as well as he’d like to, but he needed some help, too,’’ Colts coach Jim Cald- well said of Painter. ‘‘The things that are hidden, dropped passes, the things you need to extend dri- ves, you need guys to do their jobs and we certainly didn’t play as well as we wanted.’’ The game did rekindle some old memories, though. Manning was in midseason form, going 8 of 10 for 91 yards and leading the Colts to scores on their first two drives just minutes after accepting the MVP trophy. Smith, who finally emerged last season as the quarterback the 49ers expected, was 3 of 9 for 37 yards and managed only two first downs. Carr, like Manning and Smith was a No. 1 pick in the draft, fin- ished 9 of 11 for 98 yards with one TD, but was sacked three times and nearly a couple of more — reminiscent of his early days in Houston. Then there was Painter, whom Colts fans booed mercilessly after he made his NFL debut in Decem- ber’s loss to the Jets. He was 9 of 19, recovered one fumble, had one tackle and endured even more boos from the half-full stadium just before halftime. The 49ers actually had more return yards on Painter’s intercep- tions (111) than Painter threw for (64), and, as Caldwell, noted, it wasn’t all Painter’s fault. ‘‘I thought we were tough physically and mentally and we ran to the ball,’’ 49ers coach Mike Singletary said. ‘‘I thought the guys did a good job overall.’’ Clearly, this was not what the Colts wanted to see. Then again, Indy has never made preseason games a priority. Six starters including Pro Bowlers Dallas Clark, Dwight Freeney, Bob Sanders and Jeff Kaymer wins PGA in playoff SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Martin Kaymer won his first major Sunday in a PGA Championship that will be remembered as much for the guy who tied for fifth. The final stroke of this most bizarre major was Kaymer tapping in from 2 feet to win a three-hole playoff over Bubba Watson. Equally significant was the 4-iron that Dustin Johnson gently placed in the sand behind his ball on the final hole of regulation at Whistling Straits, unaware that he was in one of more than 1,000 bunkers that litters this lunarlike landscape. Johnson had a one-shot lead play- ing the 18th hole when he drove it well right into a tiny patch of sand where the gallery had been walking all week. He grounded his club, thinking it was grass that had been killed under a week’s worth of foot traffic. Fans were packed so tight around him that he never gave it another thought. ‘‘Walking up there, seeing the shot, it never once crossed my mind that I was in a sand trap,’’ Johnson said. ‘‘It’s very unfortunate. The only worse thing that could have happened was if I had made the putt on that last hole.’’ He missed the 7-foot par putt to seemingly slip into a three-man play- off with Kaymer and Watson. But the two-shot penalty turned his 71 into a 73, and instead of going to a playoff for redemption from his U.S. Open meltdown, Johnson tied for fifth and headed home. As Johnson was leaving the course, Kaymer was coming up clutch again. The 25-year-old German holed a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole in regulation for a 2-under 70 to join Watson (68) at 11-under 277. One shot behind in the playoff, Kaymer made another 15-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 17th, then watched Watson Saturday — did not play on Sun- day. Coach Jim Caldwell yanked most of his other starters, along with Manning, after just two series. And the running game Indy wants to improve produced only 8 yards in the first 25 minutes. San Francisco wasn’t at full strength, either. Michael Crabtree, Frank Gore and Patrick Willis all sat out, but it wanted to use the game to get in sync. The 49ers struggled early. Robinson’s fumble led to Adam Vinatieri’s 21-yard field goal, and Manning took the Colts 89 yards on the next series — the last 7 See 49ERS, page 2B Padres take key series with Giants SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Diego Padres are far from ready to crown themselves NL West champions, not in mid-August and not with such a narrow division lead, even if they have repeatedly handled the team right on their heels. This time, by beating Giants ace Tim Lincecum in the process. Yorvit Torrealba homered and MCT photo Bubba Watson hits out of a bunker on the 1st hole during the third round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisc., Saturday implode. Watson went from the right rough into the water, then over the green into a bunker. His bunker shot hit the flag, and he tapped in for double bogey. Kaymer chipped out after seeing Wat- son go in the water, and he hit 7-iron to 15 feet for a two-putt bogey. See PGA, page 2B Miguel Tejada hit a two-run single to back Wade LeBlanc, and the first- place Padres took a key series from San Francisco with an 8-2 victory Sunday. ‘‘They’re not going anywhere,’’ manager Bud Black said of the Giants. ‘‘Any time you win a series on the road it’s a good series. We’ll be happy with this but not content with anything.’’ Tony Gwynn Jr. and Everth Cabrera also singled in runs in San Diego’s four-run second as the Padres moved 3 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the division standings. Lincecum (11-7) has the first losing streak of three straight starts in his career. The two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, facing the Padres for the first time since beating them on July 9 last year, was done after his second-shortest outing this year of 3 2-3 innings. He gave up his share of bloop hits. ‘‘I missed my spots here and there. There were a lot of bloop hits here and there but hits are hits and a loss is a loss,’’ he said. ‘‘At the end of the day that’s what I have to look at it as and just get better from here.’’ The Padres beat the Giants for the ninth time in 11 meet- ings this year. ‘‘It just goes to show we’re a better team than people give us credit for,’’ third baseman Chase Headley said. ‘‘We’ve played well against them, but there’s a long way to go. This series, as big as it was made out to be, there’s a lot of base- ball left.’’ Giants rookie Buster Posey, batting second for the first time this season, hit a two-run homer in the third. That ended a 101 at-bat homerless drought dating to his last homer July 17 against the New York Mets’ Hisanori Taka- hashi. See GIANTS, page 2B A’s no-hit into eighth inning Harvick passes Hamlin, holds on to win in Mich BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — He already had horse- power, handling and the points lead. Now Kevin Harvick has a win this season at a track other than Talladega or Day- tona. Harvick passed Denny Hamlin with 11 laps to go Sun- day, then held on to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Michigan International Speedway. It’s yet another sign that Richard Childress Racing is back after a disappointing 2009, and Harvick is the cham- pionship favorite with only three more races left before the Chase. ‘‘Everybody was embarrassed last year, and we’ve real- ly been running pretty well since probably the last six or eight weeks of last year,’’ said Harvick, who formally clinched a spot in the Chase. ‘‘It didn’t just happen today.’’ Harvick’s No. 29 team gambled by staying on the track instead of making a pit stop during a late caution. It paid off with Harvick’s third win of the season and his first this year on a non-restrictor plate track. The victory was another significant step in the resur- gence of Richard Childress Racing — and it came at a track where RCR typically hasn’t been very strong. ‘‘Somebody’s got to beat Jimmie (Johnson) this year, and it might as well be RCR,’’ Childress said. Hamlin finished second, followed by Roush Fenway Racing drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth. Team owner Jack Roush was back at the track this week- end, days after his release from a hospital following serious injuries in a plane crash. ‘‘It’s great,’’ Edwards said. ‘‘We really wanted to get a win for him today, but that’s a strong performance for us.’’ Edwards has finished seventh or better in six straight races and he likes his chances going into the Chase. But nobody has been as consistent as Harvick this season. ‘‘I really don’t see how he can’t be, really, the favorite going into it,’’ Hamlin said. With the Chase looming, Hamlin acknowledged that his Joe Gibbs Racing team is lagging behind Harvick and RCR. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ron Gardenhire heard the boos from Twins fans Sunday afternoon. And the Min- nesota manager acknowledged he was kind of booing himself at the same time. Even though Kevin Slowey just thrown seven innings of no-hit base- ball against Oakland, Gardenhire went to his bullpen to finish the game. The bid for a combined no- hitter didn’t last long, either, when Jon Rauch gave up a double to the second batter he faced in what would end being a 4-2 Twins victory. ‘‘I would boo me too,’’ Gardenhire said. ‘‘I took a pitcher out with a no- hitter going. But I would do it 1,000 times the same way.’’ The reason was simple: Elbow ten- dinitis caused Slowey to miss his last start. Combine that with 106 pitches to get through seven innings and there was little chance of him throwing two more innings — even if he continued to hold the Athletics without a hit. ‘‘We’re not going to come close to risking this guy,’’ Gardenhire said. ‘‘It’s the way it is. It’s sad. I’d be boo- ing too because I want to see a no-hit- ter, but I also know I’m responsible for this guy’s arm.’’ While the bullpen couldn’t hold the shutout, Slowey, Rauch, Jesse Crain and Matt Capps combined to limit Oakland to three hits as the Twins completed their fifth series sweep this season and third since the All-Star break. Capps secured his fourth save in five appearances for the Twins since being acquired from the Nationals. Jason Kubel drove in the first run for the Twins and Jim Thome homered MCT photo Athletics base runner Daric Barton was tagged out by Twins shortstop Alexi Casilla as Barton attempted to advance to third base in eighth-inning action Sunday in Minneapolis, Minn. for a Minnesota team that will open a key AL Central series against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. The Twins also moved 18 games over .500, their best record in nearly two years. Slowey, who was congratulated by teammates, coaches and Gardenhire when he finished the seventh inning, didn’t pitch like a guy who had just been skipped because of elbow prob- lems. He allowed only five baserun- ners and struck out five during his masterful performance. ‘‘I was a little disappointed,’’ Slowey said. ‘‘I don’t think it would be possible not to be a little bit disap- pointed. But I think more than any- thing I think I was encouraged. ‘‘I was encouraged by the way it was presented to me. I was encour- aged by the fact that Gardy and (pitch- ing coach Rick Anderson) care a whole lot about me as a person and as a pitcher in the long term than they do about winning one game or having one accomplishment. I think that says a lot about them, and it says a lot about our organization.’’ Slowey (11-5) got out of a jam in the seventh, when he put runners on first and second with one out. Garden- hire made a visit to the mound, but Slowey got Rajai Davis to ground into a double play that ended the inning.